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cloveroctobers · 3 years

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• JENIFER “JEN” MARLOWE •

IG Info/bio: @/justjenw1n | 220k followers | Fashion | just a LUVer who owns a lovely blog that you’re more than welcome to check out here... astoldbyjenmarlowe.co.uk 🪞🛍🪄

22 (24) (25 in 2021) years of age

From London, England

Her family has French origins

Tends to visit once a year mainly with her family

For her 18th bday, her parents also sent her to Paris with her bf that she’s been dating since she was 14

they broke up since he wanted to stay in Paris to pursue his dreams and she felt like she needed to be back home...which she felt Paris was not

Extremely close to her parents, some may say a little TOO close...

See, I feel like jen comes from a family that spoils her where her parents did everything and took care of everything for her. She had the privilege and didn’t have to work too hard to get things she wanted so that made her a little bit different than a few of her friends, hell—even her bf

Didn’t have to work until she reached her twenties

She also didn’t have too many friends because her parents felt like her cousins and/or her sibs were really only allowed to hold that title

However her parents had some sort of a soft spot for her when they allowed her to date her bf at 14 since he came from a nice background...

And to have at least 1-2 best friends...

I can’t decide if I see her having 3 other sibs with her being the second eldest, or her being the eldest with a younger sister? I can also see her being a only child too? Idk y’all can decide

Because her family is a tight knit one, she values everything they say and do...which is canon/evident

She got her thigh tattoo in Paris and even thought about asking her parents permission but her bf talked her out of it

she later showed them that night while he was in the shower. Her mother openly disapproved saying it was, “unladylike or unclean” while her father was more lenient towards it

Her mother even scheduled her for laser appointments but this was one of the things jen was sure of, she loved her tattoo and she didn’t want to erase it from her body which led to her mother not speaking to her for about a month—even tho they live in the same household

I feel like she looks more like her dad with her mom’s hair and smile

Got into fashion due to her maternal grandmother who seemed to live a extravagant life as a old time actress, she always had and owned the finest of things

Jen loved having sleepovers there, it felt like she had her own personal Liz Taylor inside of her nan...but better!

Definitely found inspiration through Liz Taylor, Kate Moss, Victoria Beckham, and Naomi Campbell

she had no clue what she wanted to do in life (she never had to think too hard about it until now, it’s true what they say about your twenties) and she made the choice not to continue thru with uni & I’m not going to make her out to be the stereotypical “dumb blonde” I think she did well in school—so she kinda just chilled after it was all over

Her first job at 20 was probably working in retail where she learned all about the bs you put up with but she loved clothes! That never changed

So she decided 6 months into her job that she was going to make a fashion blog

she made one separate from her tumblr but kept it under construction since she needed to brain storm what exactly this blog would entail

It didn’t take too long to her to figure it out by how she wanted the blog to look then discussing pieces from celebs/models then slowly discussing her own wardrobe + advice

She didn’t immediately gain success for it —altho she did have a good 1k people follow her thru her tumblr where she also provided the link to her separate blog... but she worked/works hard at it, hoping one day it’ll get her somewhere and that maybe she can get paid for it too?

Retail fucking sucks and people are horrible twats so when she was approaching 21 she deff quit with her parents still hammering...more so her dad on what she needs to do with her life but she found happiness in her blog and no one was going to take that away from her —not even her parents

‘What’s the use of working if it doesn’t make you happy?’ She thinks but again! she has the privilege of living under her parents roof and not having to pay bills so she didn’t have to worry too much rn she knows they’d never kick her out right?

she has two bunnies named “bugsy” and “Lola”—u know the reference right?

I feel like she values the flinstones & jetsons because it was something her dad loved watching as a kid and still does , probably has the dvds showcased in her room that she watches when she feels sad

Seems like a smiley person but when she’s sad? It kinda sucks to see cause she turns into a whole different person and she always seems happy with a smile so wide that turns her eyes squinty

If she disagrees with something, she’s 100% giving her opinion whether you like it or not? Wrong is wrong. But when the shoe is on the other foot? She hates being wrong LOL or doesn’t view herself being wrong. Doesn’t take accountability well...at all!

She’s also showed her ass by being a gossiper and fake as hell with Allegra about mc with the whole, “let’s pretend like we’re there for her” if you’re not fucking with somebody just say that or SHOW it sis cause that snakey shit will come back to bite you in the ass (I forgot about this lol as I’m replaying)

she’s all “mega resting bitch face” until she breaks out into a large smile

Libra sun? + Virgo moon? + Gemini rising?

I feel like she only knows what she wants when it comes to relationships but not with the rest of life?

Lol she was very determined with levi in the beginning, explored shit with jake, (I can’t remember if that was after you/mc showed a interest in him or not in that route? I’m doing a talia/Rohan route rn But that’s kinda foul if she’s smiling in ur face and then boom goes and does what she wants but hey that’s the game right? Fck that tho) and then stood by Tim after only some time?

She wasn’t feeling him in the beginning either cause he thought she was too posh for him and snakey which he’s right to some degree but she’s also right if she finds him too immature for her liking

To you jim? Ten? Stans— Idk what their ship name is but it probably wouldn’t have worked out in the long run either because I don’t see both of them wanting to change themselves completely to satisfy the other. (Tim tried) Sure if you’re showing unhealthy behaviors and are open to diminishing that for yourself then trying to work on your relationship then that’s great! But they already started from the jump not liking each other’s personalities/characteristics....

And hey! Ofc I know people grow to like things they might have disliked about you in the beginning but you can also find yourself not fully accepting it in a relationship and that doesn’t mean you didn’t try

+ it’s been hinted at that they’re not endgame & if you love yourself some Tim not platonically then this works in ur favor. if not? Then you can keep them endgame by all means! For me? That endgame shit is a no! For those that don’t gaf about either of them that’s fine too lmao

YES I feel like they were both hurt over the breakup and it probably happened right around the holidays or either a couple of months after Christmas/New Years 2019

Jen is probably the type to keep checking up on her ex, not necessarily talking to them but finding out who they’re with now

and if it’s Tim with mc she’s definitely gossiping about the shit with erikah and Allegra or making shady tweets or posts on IG for sure

“5 outfits to wear when you run into your ex” type posts on her blog looool

She hopes if she runs into Tim, she’s looking her best and she would 80% go up to him & mc/his new girl if not mc and be all huggy with him and holding conversation before she even thinks to acknowledge mc/new girl and when she does it’s a shady convo with fake smiles

Absolutely loves watching housewives so she was prepared for that moment if it ever does come

Her parents openly didn’t like Tim which made him feel like shit since it seemed like jen never defended him in front of them but again, she values her parents opinion and always wants their stamp of approval that’s just the way the girl is/ was brought up

She owes them everything but deep down knows that in her relationship with Tim she could have been a little more understanding of his needs like he was with her love for her parents...but she’ll never admit that

Doesn’t get over breakups as easily as it may seem like her exes do in her opinion.

It sure didn’t take long with Tim to date mc/new girl months after they broke up! Which was like a slap in the face

The ex bf she spent time w in Paris who looks like Matthew Noszka is now engaged, lives in AMERICA—& of all places??? California to be exact, and just released his debut album!! She knows which songs are probably about her, it’s a nice album she screamed about it for hours into her pillow and cried for what felt like weeks

Lost her voice over that breakdown too

Her mother even went as far as sending a nasty letter to this ex bf’s new address...since ya know? jen’s dad is a private investigator & all!!! but dad had no knowledge of this being done

She’s still fond of Levi and jake but not like in love with them? Like she thought/felt she was with Tim but she still considers them her mates

Maybe in 2021 she’ll be open to dating again and hopes erikah and Allegra will be her wingwomen when the time comes BUT she’s focusing on her blog rn and it’s the best it’s ever been!

She had the show to thank for that now that she has a manager and is getting paid for running her blog now! That’s right this girl is officially employed!

“At least one good thing came from the show ;) 🧽🥐🥂” type of tweets

There’s never not a moment where she’s not connecting her posts whether thru ig or Twitter to her blog: astoldbyjenmarlowe.co.uk!!!

Both erikah and Allegra talk a little shit about that together...WHEN they DO talk, the pair only really socialize when jen initiates it but if one pisses the other off?? they’re going to gossip about it with the other forsure

She doesn’t look that tall to me? Taller than erikah? 5’2-5’5 the 5 is pushing it for me? Maybe? lol I’m still deciding between her and Allegra far as height and I’m too lazy to go back and see what I put for her

Hates straightening her hair, that pin straight look is not cute to her. She loves having waves and body to her hair

Get her eyebrows micro bladed since she doesn’t have much hair up there to begin with

Adores French cuisine, always has since she was a little girl. Bisque used to be her fav back then and all that she would eat

Loves spring season especially pastel colors when it comes to her wardrobe

The type to say one thing and do the complete opposite

I feel like she probably has a little bit of lisp and it’s not really noticeable until she says some words, she’s insecure about it and thought it had something to do with the structure of her teeth and begged her parents to get them fixed but it literally had nothing to do with them

Yet she still got colorful braces in middle school even tho her teeth were pretty straight. She didn’t have to wear them for a whole year, thank goodness

Went to speech therapy to help

Has stacks of fashion magazines even from the early 90s all over her room: her night stand, her vanity, her closet, underneath her bed etc...

Adores the Hadid sisters, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, & Georgia May Jagger

Makes the best white chocolate chip (that’s right, white not just regular chocolate) banana bread but cooking/baking? Isn’t really her thing

Early riser

Loves yellow: yellow phone case, yellow laptop, yellow room, yellow tulips, yellow shades, etc...

Getting Prada shades was probably one of the best things that happened to her, s/o to her nan for granting her this wish

Words of affirmation is her love lanaguage, this girl is a talker and a bit of a thinker too I mean duh? She runs a blog

Likes bright colors on her toes but nude and clear polish on her hands?

Loves a good mascara but she also loves magnetic lashes but is trying her best to grow her lashes out rn! Thanks to erikah for sending her some good ol’ coconut oil!

Smokey eyes? Set her up

Gets a belly ring, and two more tatts one in between her boobs and the last on her ankle & that one she shed a tear over!

Maybe she’ll start changing her physical attributes more so than the way she carries her life at first? (Or ever) She’ll cut her hair below her collarbone to the top of her chest, and maybe she’ll try a light light LIGHT brunette (she loves being a natural blonde) with blonde highlights? Who knows

loves espadrilles and wedge sandals

Loves going wine tasting and visiting vineyards, if she’s vacationing? You can bet ur ass she’s looking for a vineyard to visit

Deff a lightweight

Here’s her unpopular opinions on s2: Thought Felix was a wannabe Tim and hates the fact that he follows her, thought graham was unattractive and said so to Allegra who snickered, thought marisol’s clothing choices were rather boring,

didn’t feel 100% bad for Hannah but disagrees with the way Gary and noah spoke about her + the way Gary tried to slide back over to Hannah on her comeback episode

but doesn’t feel like Lottie is wrong for choosing Gary after Hannah left

isn’t a fan of priya but is glad she’s doing fashion since jen strongly believes in if something isn’t making u happy then u need to let it go

Thinks Hope should have won and cannot tolerate Bobby. Feels he’s WORSE than Felix,

would be open to dating Ibrahim or Carl from that szn

has spoken to Harry from s3 due to his drunkenness and actually made a friend out of him? But low key wants to get to know seb? Take that info as u will 👀

Her anthem: Michelle — SUNRISE

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chittapornswife · 5 years

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DNYL | 4.

A/N: This chapter is very dear to me and I believe the next will be also because Chenle is just my lil baby. Granted he’s only 3 yrs younger than me LOL but I think of him as my baby boy, my son :’((( And he’s just the sweetest, bestest boy in the whole wide world. But I hope you enjoy this!!! :)) This is specially dedicated to the belated bday girl @ihavewhiplashbecauseofnct & for how lovely of a person she is, i love u liz ❤️ Sidetone: I realize many ppl like watching horror movies LOL so I guess this is from my point of view😳

Genre: non-idol!au, high-school!au, fluff, angst Word Count: 6.2K Warning: moderate swearing, mentions of heartbreak, 1 mention of drowning Type: NCT Dream x Reader

Chenle’s crush wasn’t quite ordinary. His love for her hadn’t bloomed with hopes that one day those feelings may be reciprocated. From the start he had known they’d never end up together. Instead his love for her was a fall back mechanism. Something that comforted him on his low days and it was what had kept him as a forever positive and happy boy for so long. She was the light of his day.

Zhao Feifei was the one who had stolen his heart. Her name was a perfect description for her, luxurious, fragrant and beautiful. With her long dark hair, bright eyes and fair skin she was a treasure, comparable to Snow White. The first time they had met was when they were babies. Both of their fathers being successful businessmen and good friends who had lucked out when their wives got pregnant around the same time. Which resulted in both Fei and Chenle being born just weeks apart. Of course they had spent their childhood together, being enrolled in the same preschool and elementary, always being with each other after school and becoming best friends. Maybe that was when he had fallen in love with her. After growing up and seeing her as the most adorable toddler in the sandpit to pushing her on the swings during recess and watching that big smile, fair as snow skin, red cheeks and dark hair blowing in the wind. The rest of the guys didn’t understand how he remained being only friends with her and had called him whipped. Some had even gone as far to ask if he was gay because surely, any straight boy wouldn’t have been able to resist to develop romantic feelings for beautiful Feifei for this long. But they were right, he hadn’t been able to resist to fall in love except he hadn’t acted upon it. But that was a secret he’d thought he would just take to the grave in fear that if he told someone that it would get back to Fei. That was, until he met Park Jisung.

Both had joined the soccer team during elementary and became close, resulting in Jisung coming over to his house to play video games or just play soccer with Chenle in his backyard. And fairly soon Jisung had met Feifei, as it was inevitable with the amount of time he spent over at the Zhong’s. That was when Chenle had confided in him about his deep crush on Fei, hoping that Jisung would be able to help him find a way to deal with it. But to his misfortune, the boy had no clue. Jisung had admitted that he‘d never dated nor had many romantic feelings recently so he wasn’t quite skilled. But it was after that confession from Chenle that Jisung seemed to not enjoy hanging out with Fei much. When Chenle confronted him, wondering what had happened, he’d told Chenle that he was scared of developing feelings for his good friend’s crush and had said that he’d rather not hang out with her. And even though the then brown-haired Chenle had found it odd that his good friend was going to such measures, he’d understood and had found great excuses to provide Fei with about where the boy younger than them was until she gave up on trying to ask. But for many years, he had hoped he could’ve been in Jisung’s place, able to step away from Fei and move on to liking someone else or just giving up on love. But that proved to be difficult as he found himself so attached to her that any other girl who showed interest in him didn’t quite catch his eye. For him Feifei was always going to be the best. That was why when Harvey had announced that they’d try to help him get over his heartbreak first that it had made him panic. He had originally joined the club to see if there was anyone like him who could help him get over this unrequited love. But it had never occurred to him that maybe he just wasn’t ready yet. Maybe he wanted some more time to spend with her, loving her and being the only guy in her life she could call her best-friend and trust fully unlike her exes. He felt great knowing what a high position he had in heart and mind and was content with the fact that he’d most likely never be able to surpass that level and become a romantic interest for her. His love was that great and powerful that he was fine with being her best-friend. “Lele what have you been zoning off about?” She cut into his deep thinking. Friday had passed by and Saturday was being spent with Fei and her usual long talks. Except now he was documenting his feelings and thoughts about her as she talked. Trying to see what had him so attracted to her. “O-oh nothing, just school stuff.” He grinned, hoping she didn’t catch him on his bluff. It seemed to work or maybe she wasn’t feeling very nosy that day since she just give him a side-eye but began to talk about her new boyfriend. That was the one thing he couldn’t stand. The list of shitty boyfriends. He hated them all with a passion. No one could value or treat her right and the fact that these guys tried was just despicable. That was the hardest time hanging out with her, when she would complain about her boyfriends and how they were being really “crappy” but she liked them too much to let go. The amount of willpower it took for him to stay calm and not yell at her to get with someone good was astounding. Why couldn’t she realize that maybe she had someone perfect right by her? “Anyways, what do you think I should do?” She asked, resting her chin on her delicate hands as she laid stomach-first on Chenle’s bed. It was usual of her to come over and hang out with him during the weekend so they could catch up and talk about life as their fathers worked. “Huh? Can you repeat that I didn’t hear you.” Chenle looked apologetically at her. She rolled her eyes but repeated the same trashy move her boyfriend had pulled in standing her up at the movies. And after hearing, Chenle’s blood was boiling at the thought of imagining it. Fei left all alone waiting in the dark and then giving up only to watch a movie by herself. God, did he ever want to kill this guy. “Well, I think you should text him that your best-friend will go beat him up if he does anything like that to you again.” She laughed, the sound so beautiful making her look like a princess from a fairytale, her smile so wide and eyes hiding behind those rosy now lifted cheeks. “Le, I’ve told him about you, he knows you wouldn’t hurt a fly.” Now Chenle rolled his eyes, of course she had to go ahead and tell her boyfriend how much of a wimp her best-friend was. She was too naive and honest to not try to scare anyone. Sure, Chenle wasn’t one to carry on with being violent but he sure as hell would do anything for Fei. He shrugged, wanting to end the boyfriend talk as he said, “Well, why don’t you just be honest with him then? Ask him why he stood you up and if he lies then dump him. You deserve better than that anyways.” Fei huffed, rolling over to lie on her back and face the ceiling, her long dark hair flowing down the side of the bed. “Chenle you know how much I like him, I’m not gonna end it over something this small.” Small?!? The blond boy resisted the urge to smack his head at her stupidity. Why was she like this? “Besides, he did message that he was sorry a couple hours later and said that he got held up at home because his dad was giving him a lecture.” Yeah right, more like he bailed because on purpose. Who’s dad lectured them for a full three hours on a random night? And even if his dad did it was probably for a reason. Chenle knew all of the schemes those slimy guys pulled, this wasn’t anything new. But he also knew Fei wouldn’t listen to him. In a way, he did admire that about her yet despised it. She was so caught up with the thought of being in love and finding her “soul-mate” that she clung onto tough and e-boy type of high school guys, hoping she was the beautiful girl to change their foolish ways. But Chenle knew that wasn’t about to happen anytime soon. “Well Fei I can’t help you cause I haven’t even met the guy yet.” He said monotonously, acting as if he was so into the game on his phone when really he was writing down more information about her in his notes app. She sighed, murmuring, “You know, I wish god could just tell me when I‘d meet my soul-mate. Like if he could just give me a date or a month so I don’t have to keep waiting and seeing if the guy I’m with is really meant for me...” “I wish so too.....” Chenle thought to himself as he looked at her soft flowy hair almost touch the ground. Sunday passed by a bit slower as Chenle really tried to focus on everything about his daily routine, writing down even the smallest of things like what tv show he was watching, what he ate, when he sneezed, everything. He knew it was too much information but he wanted to know what he was doing that had him still so in love with Fei. Finally, Monday came by and Chenle rushed to get to school, excited yet nervous with meeting the rest of the club and what they had to say. Truthfully, he knew some of them were going to call him pathetic and a loser. But these were all names he had heard before when he was younger and didn’t pay mind to anymore. He knew what he was pathetically in love with Feifei but it didn’t bother him, he enjoyed it as long as it meant he got to spend time with her. The day went by quicker than he thought and finally the last period bell rang, indicating class was done and school was out for the day. Most of the other students were tired and sluggish as they moved around slowly but Chenle practically skipped past them all to go to the old wing and into the music room right after the bell. But of course, no one was there yet so quickly so he sat down in the ring of chairs and waited. And that was when you walked in. The whole weekend you had contemplated on reaching out to others and if you all should make some sort of groupchat or something. But then you decided against it, needing to spend more time together in order to be comfortable to even try and follow Jeno or Jaemin on social media. Renjun was out of the question since he acted like a complete prick and you knew messaging him wasn’t going to result in anything good. More likely he’d just message something rude then block you. So as you thought to yourself how the afternoon was going to be like, shedding off your jacket to cool off from the slow after school heat, you were surprised to see a nervous Chenle seated and reading what looked like a journal. He looked up, most likely hearing your footsteps in the quiet room and the nervousness faded away from his face as he smiled at you warmly. You smiled back at the adorable boy and wondered what he was so anxious about. “How was your weekend?” He asked you as you sat beside him, resting your bag on the ground. “It was okay I guess, not much except wondering about this club and how this is all going to be like.” You replied honestly. The sophomore nodded, “That sounds better than mine at least..... I was stuck thinking about how it was gonna go for me and freaking out about how to act around the girl I like.” He sighed continuing, “You know, I was really scared to bring this up but, but being around you makes me feel at ease so I hope you don’t mind me sharing.” You shook your head, noticing how worried he looked at what he was about to say next. “I-I didn’t think it was going to be this hard to really get over Fei. I’d just thought this club was going to be a fun way to get with other people who had one-sided crushes like me then maybe get my mind off of her for a while. But not to really get rid of her place in my heart.”

You quietly thought his words thinking of how to comfort him, this was big and you felt special but a bit burdened that he had chosen to tell you this. “Well, if it makes you feel any better, I can relate to you since my crush was one-sided. So it is difficult to get over it.” You tried to offer the young boy something to make him feel better. And it worked for a bit as he sadly smiled in your direction before looking at the ground, hands clasped. “It does help a bit except the difference between you and me is that you already confessed so now you wanna get over it but for me it’s like I know I have no chance. I know that there’s no possible way she’ll ever like me the way I like her. But I still keep that option open. It’s just scary cause I’ve liked her for so long and to throw that all away now would be like throwing away my regular routine. It scary to think that if I really get over her then my whole life would have to change because I’ve hung out with her ever since I was a baby. And it’s so hard because she is what makes my life so happy so why should I have to let go of my happiness?” You looked at him, focusing on the somber expression that was in place instead of the usual cheery look he showed. And it was then that you realized you had thought wrong about him. You’d wondered why he was so cheery and happy when he talked about his one-sided crush when the answer had been there but hidden all along. Chenle knew that she didn’t like him but he still kept her in his life as his close friend that he was secretly in love with. And you could understand him. Even if you hadn’t been close to Mark since you were a baby, it had still hurt to try and keep acting as if everything was fine after the confession. It had only been half a week granted but that didn’t mean the situation was going to get any better most likely for the next few months or as long as you saw him. But in a way, that Fei girl was similar to Hendery with how close she seemed to be with Chenle. You’d never seen Hendery in that type of way but you knew if there ever came a day that you had to cut him out of your daily routine it would be impossible. He was your best-friend just like Fei was Chenle’s. And as you both sat there quietly, the rest of the guys entered the room. Renjun and Jeno looking grumpy as usual, Jisung still shy but confused to see you and Chenle sitting beside each other while Jaemin seemed pretty happy, smiling at you which in turn confused you. You wondered where Harvey was at when he walked in cheerily saying, “Good afternoon folks!”

The room seemed to brighten up with his energy as they all sat down in the circle of chairs. You only noticed then that the whole setup was the same. The circle of chairs and posters still up, making you wonder if the evening janitor came to clean or not. It didn’t look like it unless Harvey set everything up every morning before school started or something. “Alright, lets go straight to it. Chenle my boy! Tell us about your weekend and the girl!” You looked over, expecting Chenle to spill his deep feelings like he had with you but the sophomore was back to being happy, no signs of anxiety on his face anymore as a bright grin spread across his face. But you knew, you knew he was back to hiding. “My weekend was great and I actually hung out with the girl on Saturday!” He beamed. The other guy’s looked quizzically at the happy boy’s upbeat tone but you knew why he was putting up this facade. So before he could continue with some fake happy rendition, you put your hand over his, causing him to look at you as you mouthed, “It’s okay.” Chenle seemed to understand what you meant as the happy expression slowly fell off and its place was fear. He squeezed your hand and took a deep breath before continuing, “Actually, I-it wasn’t great. It was okay. I-I hung out with the girl and well I don’t think I’ll be able to get over her.” Harvey scoffed at this, thinking that the boy was just being silly until he realized Chenle wasn’t joking and was serious as the sophomore looked pained. “Chenle brother, that was the whole point of joining this club then, to get over your love. What do you mean?” Harvey looked confused. “I know I mean I thought I was ready b-but I’m not.” Chenle’s palms were sweating as his grip tightened, almost cutting off your circulation. “She’s not only someone I love but she’s my best-friend. I-I see her almost every day and if I can’t see her then we talk for hours and horus on the phone. How can I try to cut her out of my life when she is my life? How can I do that when every single day is filled with her?!” Chenle borderline yelled the last part surprising all of you at the outburst.

He was breathing heavily now, the rest of the guys wondering what the hell had just happened in the past couple of minutes with the extreme change in personality. But you knew that these were all pent up feelings that he’d held in for so long finally being released.

“Woah woah. I never asked you to cut her out of your life.” Harvey stood up and walked over to Chenle getting down on one knee, as the smaller blond boy let go of your hand and held his face in his own hands, sobbing now.

“I only wanted to see what your relationship with her was like then we could go on from there. You don’t have to avoid her to get over her Chenle. It’s not the situation you have to change it’s your feelings that’ll change the situation.” Harvey softly said, gently touching the smaller boy’s shoulder.

The room was quiet except for the soft cries from Chenle and the sounds of a lawnmower coming from the open windows.

“Chenle, raise your head brother. If you cry, you cry proudly.”

Huh? You frowned looking at Harvey wondering what the heck he was on to talk as if he were part of some big movement.

“Rule number 2 of the DNYL club, don’t cry by yourself. Meaning that if you cry, you cry in front of everyone and with pride that you’re showing your feelings. There’s nothing wrong nor embarrassing about being upset or sad and showing that, trust me.”

Chenle followed Harvey’s words as he slowly raised his head and sniffled, wet eyes and cheeks on full display. “That’s my boy.” Harvey smiled and patted him on the shoulder before getting up and looking at you all.

“Just because you guys are trying to get over your love doesn’t mean you have to abandon it right away. It takes time to get rid of your feelings and that’s okay. Hell, I’m not even one hundred percent over it all either. But not doing anything about it isn’t going to help it at all.”

The English boy turned around to face Chenle as he said next, “So I want you to just take time to understand that you can be her friend. But I want you to accept that you’re hurting yourself by valuing her so much in liking her. I see that you’ve accepted your feelings for her and that in your eyes not much can come out of it but then why do you choose to live in them? You can be happy as her best-friend and not be in love with her. It’s up to you to change that Chenle but we’re here to offer you our help and friendship.”

You looked over at Chenle to see that he had a serious expression on his face but was listening to Harvey intently. And even though this whole club stuff still seemed crazy to you, Harvey had a good point.

“I want you all to try that out, not distance yourself from your love unless you really need to because of circumstances.” He made a pointed look at Jeno, Jaemin and Renjun, “But to understand that it’s you who’s hurting yourself with being so close and wanting to do so much for the other person. Just step back for a bit.”

The English boy rubbed his hands together, a small mischievous smile on his face, which had you curious but slightly afraid at what he was about to say next.

“I just thought of this now....... But why don’t we get our minds refreshed by doing something? Instead of being stuck in school and having to think about our problems here why don’t we participate in an activity?”

You looked up at Harvey confused, Chenle’s problem hadn’t really been solved yet besides telling him to rethink and to change his feelings so what activity was he trying to bring up? And why now out of no where?

“Why don’t we do something to establish a stronger bond? Like watch a movie or something? It’ll be much better than sitting here in the heat and we could even get something to eat too. Besides, being together and sad is better than being alone and sad.”

The room was silent as usual as you all thought about his words. It was a Monday afternoon so you didn’t have too much homework to complete even though it was a crucial time to study for finals. But you could take a break right?

“Can’t. I have plans.” Renjun coughed out, obviously a lie.

“Renjun I’ve been keeping an eye on you since Thursday and I know you don’t have anything to do today. Art club happens during school so you don’t have anything for the rest of the day.” Harvey scowled at the purple-haired boy.

Renjun rolled his eyes, “Love to hear I have someone stalking me but as a matter of fact, I have other plans involving other friends.”

“What friends?” Jeno muttered, snickering to himself.

“Some of us actually have real-life friends I’m sorry you wouldn’t understand that Mr. Antisocial.” Renjun shot back.

You could tell the basketball player was about to either charge at him or shoot something even nastier until Harvey thankfully intervened.

“Woah woah chill out you guys. We’re all trying to be friends here not enemies.”

Renjun scoffed, “I’d rather befriend Lee Twat-hyuck instead of these buffoons.”

“Hey wait a second-” You frowned at the boy beside you, surprised and angry that he would say something like that about one of your good friends.

“Alright, alright no-name calling, we’re better than this you guys. And even if you don’t wanna be friends then suck it up because we’re all in the same place and on the same level Renjun, neither you nor Jeno are better. So it’d be better to help one another rather than fight wouldnit? Besides, can’t you just cancel your plans just for today? For us but more importantly Chenle?”

Renjun pursed his lips, thinking of how to respond. You secretly hoped he agreed to come because you had been dying of curiousity about his past relationship. As much as you had tried to brush it under the rug, you wanted to know more about Huang Renjun.

Since he had shown a softer side for when you first joined the club, you knew that there had to be more to him and the fact that he had sympathized with you meant that he did care. He was maybe nice but hid it behind that tough personality. And maybe during watching a movie or eating out would make him more comfortable to share his true feelings.

“Fine. I’ll cancel them. But just for today.” He sighed annoyedly.

You tried to hide your smile as Harvey clapped loudly then turned to Jeno and Jaemin.

“I don’t have b-ball practice so I guess sure.”

“I’m tutoring later on but I’m free for now.”

“Perfect!” Harvey cheered excitedly. “Then let’s go to the theaters!”

“But I already watched Spiderman with Jisung last week!!” Chenle whined. It was hard to imagine that this was the same boy who had been sobbing about his unrequited love just around half an hour ago as he angrily stomped his foot having a mini tantrum.

“I refuse to watch some movie about talking toys tryna save a fork.” Renjun crossed his arms firmly, challenging the sophomore.

“Why don’t we watch Annabelle?” Jeno piped up, excited about the horror movie.

“C-can we n-not?” Jisung stuttered, obviously afraid. But you couldn’t blame him, a horror movie on a Monday night didn’t sound so appealing either.

“Ooooo! I’ve been wanting to watch that too!” Harvey happily said, you always found it so odd over how people became so thrilled over movies that were meant to scare the living shits out of watchers.

“Haven’t watched it yet, so I’m down.” Jaemin shrugged, his eyes wandering to the giggling high-school girls who were looking his way. He upped his charm by angelically smiling their way causing them to squeal and gush. Now he definitely seemed to be back to his normal flirty personality.

You didn’t realize you had been staring until you saw him turn around and catch your gaze. But before you could look away he winked at you, making your eyes widen and quickly avert your attention to something else and try to calm your beating heart. What was that?

“Aright, any objections besides Jisung?” Harvey asked. Renjun and Chenle seemed okay the choice of selection as they shook their heads which in turn made everyone look at you in anticipation. You slowly nodded, wanting to just settle and not have to argue for longer but secretly freaked out over the nightmares you were going to have now. It was all fun and games during the day until night time rolled around and shadows became possessed dolls, random sounds became ghosts and everything else mysterious caused you to sweat and unable to sleep.

“Let’s buy the tickets then!” You all followed Harvey as he made his way to the ticket booth. You looked over at Jisung who was anxiously whispering something to Chenle and hoped that you could sit beside him so that you had at least someone to freak out with. You didn’t want to bother the others with your fear nor did you feel comfortable clinging onto any of them besides Chenle and baby Jisung.

But after buying the tickets, the rest of the group elected for you and Jaemin to buy the food and drinks for the group. Which had you worried because that meant that now there were very slim chances of sitting beside Jisung, depending on where he sat.

“What are you getting to eat and drink?” Jaemin asked you as you both stood in the somewhat long line, cutting into your overthinking.

“Oh um maybe just a large popcorn to share and a Pepsi?”

The puppy looking boy nodded, “I’m thinking nachos, popcorn, and then we can get a drink tray to share the drinks with the others.”

As he talked more about what drinks to get, you looked at the menu, mentally calculating how much everything was going to be so you could give an equal amount of money to pay. And as you moved up in the line, you felt a pair of eyes on you, specifically Jaemin’s eyes. But you thought nothing of it and that he could just be staring at the other part of the theatre that was to the side of you.

“You know,” he started off, causing you to look at him, “You’re actually pretty cute when you’re concentrating like that.”

Huh.

You froze not knowing what to say back to that as Jaemin had this lazy somewhat dreamy smile on his face as he stared at you. This was definitely not what you were expecting, especially while standing in line for popcorn. You didn’t know any other way to respond besides stuttering out a,

“I uhhhhhhh ummm-”

Jaemin cut you off, laughing loudly at how caught off guard you were. “What? Have you never been called cute before?” He asked amused.

“Well not by a really hot guy.” You thought to yourself as you both moved up in the line, closer to the front now.

“That’s a shame if you haven’t. But i’m glad that you reacted like that, makes you even cuter.”

You kept your mouth shut and tried to convince yourself that this was definitely his hormonal, broken-hearted feelings coming to play and was nothing serious.

Thankfully, before he could say anything else, the theatre employee greeted you, cutting in at the perfect moment. Jaemin smiled your way once more before ordering as you stood still, trying to process what had just happened and if this was maybe a dream in itself.

“You know what, i’m gonna call you cutie from now on.” He said as you carried all the food to the theatre room. C-cutie?

“Yeah, cutie suits you perfectly.” He murmured. God, now you really hoped you could get a seat beside Jisung. But to your dismay, as you entered the dark theatre room, the only open spots seemed to be beside either Harvey or Jeno as Chenle sat in the middle with Renjun and Jisung on each side.

Well shit.

“Popcorn!!!!!!” Chenle screeched after seeing you and Jaemin, only to be shushed by Renjun, slapping his hand on his mouth.

“You guys made it just in time, ads just finished and movie’s about to start.” Harvey whispered excited. You mustered up a small fake smile trying to look as excited as you sat down beside him, passing the popcorn bags down. Jaemin sat beside you, most likely because Jeno was at the other end which you mentally groaned at. You really hoped he didn’t try any more flirty lines with you because you knew you weren’t prepared a response. You took in a deep breath, looking at the screen in front of you.

Okay, you could do this. This was fine. Yep, totally fine. This was not real life. You tried to mentally hype yourself up into preparing for the creepy and horrifying music that was about to probably make you pee your pants later on.

“You okay cutie?” Jaemin whispered, making you jump a little. “Huh? Yeah i’m-i’m okay, i’m fine.”

“You don’t look okay.” He pointed to your bouncing leg and fidgeting fingers. You really wished he started to mind his own business because you didn’t want everyone else to know that you were afraid.

“If you need to hold someone’s hands, mine’s always free.” He wiggled his fingers as his hand hovered above your lap suggestively.

Great, not only were you going to have to deal with being scared shitless but now Jaemin was offering to be your cuddle buddy, just what you needed. You prayed that the movie was interesting enough so he’d keep quiet as it started and braced yourself; mentally chanting that it was just a movie, that nothing was going to happen to you after this.

But as time went on, you became more and more tempted to take up Jaemin on his offer as you sweated, gripping the seat arms tightly and had shut your eyes.

You opened your eyes to look at him to see how he was doing so far. To your surprise, Jaemin was enjoying himself, a smile on his face which you couldn’t fathom since this movie was anything but happy. So you closed your eyes, tapping a beat and mentally singing a song in your head to distract yourself from the deafening freaky sounds.

“Here.” You heard a soft whisper from your side.

You opened your eyes to see Jaemin offering his arm to you. A part of you hesitated, if you held his arm then that would mean you were accepting and letting him know that his flirty behaviour with you was working. Which of course you didn’t want at all. But you decided to just throw your logic and overthinking to the side because what the hell, you were afraid, you needed this.

So you gently placed your hand on his arm, careful not to hold too tightly. His arm flexed as you fixed your nervous grip on them. So Jaemin did work out huh.

“We could’ve just watched something else you know.” He leaned down to whisper in your ear. You didn’t reply as all of a sudden a loud scream resonated from the movie scaring you. Out of instinct, you jumped and buried your face into Jaemin’s shoulder. He just chuckled and relaxed his arm as you were holding onto it like it was a lifeline thrown off a boat and you were drowning.

So for the rest of the movie you held onto his arm, still facing his shoulder and now slightly unashamed of your actions. But you got to realize many things about Jaemin through this contact, such as how he smelled really good like something sweet but addicting. His baby blue shirt also radiated some body heat which for some seemed motherly. And you had thought that he was prone to the horror but it seemed that he did get a bit of a scare as well as his muscles would flex from time to time.

Then after the movie credits came on the screen and people started to hustle and bustle to leave, Jaemin put a hand on your arm whispering, “Movie’s done and I’m pretty sure you don’t want the others to ask why you’re clinging onto me like a koala so you should let go.”

You immediately did as he told and thankfully it seemed everyone was too wrapped up in Jisung needing to pee that they hadn’t noticed you and Jaemin.

“See that wasn’t so bad right?” Harvey said as you guys licked your ice-creams. After the movie, it wasn’t too dark out so you all decided to grab some ice-cream and chill in a park nearby.

You looked over at poor JIsung who still seemed to be shaking and eyeing every suspicious looking person coming into view. Yep, that definitely wasn’t too bad.

“How do you feel Chenle?” The senior asked the happy blond.

“Great! Movie was good and the ice-cream’s even better!!”

Harvey smiled, “I told you surrounding yourself with friends helps. Now if you keep doing this then you’ll surely get to know that you can do this. You can get over her.”

Chenle hummed, most likely not listening as you all stared at the beautiful sunset. It was calm and peaceful being like this. The heat had subsided and there was a slight breeze now, cooling you down with the icy treats. This was what you had wanted for the longest time, the feeling of being involved, it was what you had needed. You tried to keep this memory engrained in your mind, surrounded by people you never knew you’d ever would’ve had the chance to talk to but sharing something in common with.

“Well, I gotta get to tutoring so I’ll see you guys in a couple of days.” Jaemin said, getting up and grabbing his stuff. He looked at you and winked as the rest of the guys said a lazy bye, too immersed in their ice-creams.

“I guess we can end our meeting here then. I want you to keep thinking Chenle and to reach out to us if you need help too.” Harvey got up, looking as if he was ready to go. You felt a bit sad, wanting to stay in this moment longer because you knew that fairly soon either Renjun or Jeno were going to say something stupid and ruin the peace.

“Since one of our assignments is independently in progress, I guess we can move onto the next then.”

Harvey turned around, facing the still shaking freshman and said with a smile,

“Now it’s Jisung’s time to shine.”

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